Does anybody know anything special about the front end facia on an 87 camaro? Mine has three "slots" going between the headlights below the emblem. It's hard to explain w/o a pic and i don't have any sorry. Every other camaro I've seen doesn't have the three "slot" things. I know it wasn't just my car that had them because I hit a deer and messed up my front end and found another one with them in a junk yard. That was off an 87 too.
If anybody has any idea let me know.
thanks

 

Mine came with one too, but I know it's not the original. At least I don't think so. Here's a picture anyhow

 

That's exactally what I'm talking about! I'm pretty sure mine was the original. No accidents on the lemon check so hopefully...lol

 

i know the berlinnetta's had these front bumpers, u must just have the base model camaro.

 

Yeah it's a berlinetta but I just havn't seen any pics with the same front end so i didn't know if it was just a berlinetta thing or what.

 

yeah, my friends 83' has the same bumper

 

i wonder why they didn't use that front end style on the irocs or something. i think it looks better than it just being flat

 

yeah it looks better then the z28 bumper, alot.

 

I'm pretty sure that camaros had that front end until 1984. After that they went flat. I don't agree with the slots looking better though. I mean they don't look bad, I'm just partial to the solid nose. I have an 87.

 

yep heres a pic of it

 

but mines an 87 and the one in the junk yard was an 87.
that 83 looks like it has bigger slots. might just be the angle though

 

yea mine is a lil bigger but its close to it

 

The Berly's and the SC (Sport coupes) had these bumbers, I dont believe they were ever designed to have Ground fx's on them hence the reason why they are not found on the z28's rs's or irocs. even in 82-84 the z's didn't have that bumper.

 

the design is the same just with the slots in it

 

if im not mistaken, the camaros that didnt come with GFX from the factory got these noses. i could very well be wrong however.

 

Alll Berlys never came with ground fx's THey got the nose.. the Sports coups came with this nose as well, I blieve once they got ground fx (if i remember right, they might have turned into RS's) They got the nose that does not have the 3 "vents" as i call them..

 

That bumper was used on:

82-87 Sport Coupes, Berlinettas, and LT's.

 

and 88's too, given mine's an 88 and had both that bumper and also the sport coupe spoiler on the back.

 

in 1988 all camaros got the GFX. so maybe it was an early production?

 

according to the door panel it was in 5/88.

Either way though, I took it off and replaced it with an IROC front.

 

are you the original owner? if not the Previous owner could have gone through the trouble and took off the ground fx's and put on the "base" bumper

 

thats what i was thinking aslo.

 

Nah, definately not the first owner. I'm actually the 4th owner I think, and considering the condition of the car that is astonishing. The body is straight and there are only a couple of dents, absolutely no rust. Though that's what I expected since it's been in Southern Cailfornia its whole life. I don't know whether the previous owner did that as I bought it from a towing company.

 

it probably was done down the road. but heres a good way to find out, look under your rear bumper for your VIN sticker, if its missing its been replaced(the bumper) or repainted.

 

VIN sticker is still there on the rear bumper. There wouldn't be one on the front, right?

 

no i dont think so. but inside your doors youll have a few more, if they are gone its been repainted (most likely).

 

they're still there too.

Kinda weird, me being the 4th owner and the car has never been repainted, at least from what I could tell. No rust and no accidents. Though the passenger side front fender was either painted or a completely new one as it's a light silver(that was repainted, when I pulled off the side molding it was black underneath)